For those wanting to seriously develop their online skills at a post graduate level this is a possible option:

"Prepare for designing online courses, teaching in blended or online classes or training in e-learning settings.""The courses are designed for experienced trainers and educators interested in entering the field of online teaching or those who wish to blend web-based instruction into their face-to-face classes."

Tony Bates: "In my previous post, there were two sessions at the LINC 2013 conference that referred specifically to MIT’s own strategies for technology-enabled learning within MIT. These resulted in my asking the following question towards the end of the conference:

Why is MIT ignoring 25 years of research into online learning and 100 years research into how students learn in its design of online courses? "

Dennis T OConnor's insight:

It's more complex that 'nerds vs. educators' but sometimes it does feel like the MOOC revolution is driven by the hardware & software with little regard for the hard won and deeply researched lessons learned since the days when online learning was considered the Devil's stepchild.

Bate knows online learning as well as anyone on the planet. With the entrepreneur-tech-ed pundits listen? Obviously not. 8-(

It's more complex that 'nerds vs. educators' but sometimes it does feel like the MOOC revolution is driven by the hardware & software with little regard for the hard won and deeply researched lessons learned since the days when online learning was considered the Devil's stepchild.

Bate knows online learning as well as anyone on the planet. With the entrepreneur-tech-ed pundits listen? Obviously not. 8-(

It's more complex that 'nerds vs. educators' but sometimes it does feel like the MOOC revolution is driven by the hardware & software with little regard for the hard won and deeply researched lessons learned since the days when online learning was considered the Devil's stepchild.

Bate knows online learning as well as anyone on the planet. With the entrepreneur-tech-ed pundits listen? Obviously not. 8-(

It's more complex that 'nerds vs. educators' but sometimes it does feel like the MOOC revolution is driven by the hardware & software with little regard for the hard won and deeply researched lessons learned since the days when online learning was considered the Devil's stepchild.

Bate knows online learning as well as anyone on the planet. With the entrepreneur-tech-ed pundits listen? Obviously not. 8-(

Candidates for this position must hold the doctorate degree in management, or business discipline or closely related field, from a regionally accredited institution.

Preference will be given to those candidates who have terminal credentials to teach in any of the following disciplines: International Business, Global Entrepreneurship, or Global Marketing. Additionally, candidates must have university teaching experience using technology to enhance instruction and have a history of working with diverse populations of adult learners.

Professional field experience is highly desirable.

Experience using advanced technology in teaching and working with adult learners in various settings is essential.

Dennis T OConnor's insight:

Here's a chance to jump into the adjunct pool. Being in the pool means you'll be considered for work if your skills fit the demands of the moment. Revisit your application regularly to keep it fresh. Personal connections always help, but the 'old fashioned' direct application method can yield results if you have that unique skill mix needed to teach online.

"The focus of web accessibility is often on web development – the things that happen in HTML, CSS, or JavaScript after a site has been designed visually. Optimal accessibility should start much earlier, as part of the visual design process. We have created an infographic that highlights a few important principles of accessible design."

Maggie Rouman's insight:

Helpful infographic. Scroll down to view the text version and an accessible version. Do you see the differences?

Jackie Gerstein proposes an experiential flipped classroom learning model where she believes there a great opportunity to change the predominant didactic model of education that is especially prevalent in upper elementary through graduate school education.

"UDL is a strategy, a process that provides opportunities for all students, not just those with special needs (but I believe all learners have special needs), to be successful learners. This is the same goal for the flipped classroom model designed as an experiential learning cycle.

This model has experiential learning at the core of the learning process with the content videos supporting the learning rather than being the core or primary instructional piece. Experiential learning is the process of making meaning from direct experience.. Simply put, experiential learning is learning from experience. Experiential learning can be a highly effective educational method[ It engages the learner at a more personal level by addressing the needs and wants of the individual. For experiential learning to be truly effective, it should employ the whole learning wheel, from goal setting, to experimenting and observing, to reviewing, and finally action planning. This complete process allows one to learn new skills, new attitudes or even entirely new ways of thinking. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiential_learning)"

Thank you Jackie for your insight in creating this model where all learners can experience success!

Fair use offers an extraordinarily important opportunity for educators, researchers, and others to make reasonable and limited uses of copyrighted materials. Clipping, cutting, pasting, uploading, posting, and many other activities that are common at the university may be copyright infringements or may be within fair use. When do you need to think about fair use? Some example situations:

Dennis T OConnor's insight:

One of the best websites for anyone seeking to understand fair use of copyrighted materials in education. The fair use checklist developed by Kenneth Crews is a fine tool.

(Website). A showcase and awards site featuring accessible, usable, universal, standards-compliant, and stunningly designed web sites..."Accessibility is of great concern in the creation of a truly universal site. After all, if a web site’s content cannot be accessed, it’s not a very good website to that person or group. One example: Let’s say a page bears meaningful text-content in a image. If that image isn’t visible or readable, and if alternate text isn’t provided, the content will be lost. It might be just fine for you, but for others it may be quite difficult to deal with. We like to see sites meeting a minimum Priority 1 Accessibility Checkpoint rating."

...And why everyone hates Comic Sans MS "Typography is one ingredient in a pretty complicated presentation," Cyrus Highsmith, a typeface designer and author of the book Inside Paragraphs, told me over the phone. "Typography is the detail and the presentation of a story. It represents the voice of an atmosphere, or historical setting of some kind. It can do a lot of things."

Ben Betts: We can think of digital curation as being useful to us in four broad roles that I’m calling Inspiration, Aggregation, Integration and Application. Inspiration is how I term curation that is done by other people on your behalf, outside of a formal learning environment. Aggregation is the same thing, but done within a formal learning context. Integration is a more personal curation process; how individuals blend new learning experiences with existing thoughts. And finally Application is how individuals apply new insights in the real world; how we individually manage knowledge on a day-to-day basis. I capture this flow in a simple matrix that demonstrates how the four types of curation can flow into each other in a continuous learning cycle:

Dennis T OConnor's insight:

Thought provoking. The concept of resources not courses is both disruptive and inviting.

Photos are licensed under Creative Commons 1.0 . This is a public domain designation, copyright free. Keyword search or scroll, you'll find some very high quality photography you can use for your web work.

Are you a recent graduate searching for what to do with your education? Or a career-changer wondering where else you could go with your hard-earned skills? Or a job-hunter who just doesn't like the options in front of you?

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Dennis T OConnor's insight:

This is the 21st Century version of the classic job search book: What Color is Your Parachute.

There is a risk that our students will focus solely on the attributes that define a finished piece and overlook the importance of the process that leads to it. With a shift in our mindset we might be able to celebrate this process and encourage our students to value the learning that occurs along the way.

Nigel Coutts, the author of this insightful article, quotes Picasso, " 'Woe to you the day it is said that you are finished! To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul – to give it its final blow..."

This aligns with my feeling about summative evaluation... aka grades. If you want to terminate the process, grade the product.

My students create an e-portfolio as they complete classes in our program. Will 'grading' an e-portfolio halt the process? I certainly hope not. Instead, I strive to help them see the evaluation process as feedback to prompt an ongoing process that continues throughout the E-Learning Certificate Program and beyond.

Nigel Coutts, the author of this insightful article, quotes Picasso, " 'Woe to you the day it is said that you are finished! To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul – to give it its final blow..."

This aligns with my feeling about summative evaluation... aka grades. If you want to terminate the process, grade the product.

My students create an e-portfolio as they complete classes in our program. Will 'grading' an e-portfolio halt the process? I certainly hope not. Instead, I strive to help them see the evaluation process as feedback to prompt an ongoing process that continues throughout the E-Learning Certificate Program and beyond.

Nigel Coutts, the author of this insightful article, quotes Picasso, " 'Woe to you the day it is said that you are finished! To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul – to give it its final blow..."

This aligns with my feeling about summative evaluation... aka grades. If you want to terminate the process, grade the product.

My students create an e-portfolio as they complete classes in our program. Will 'grading' an e-portfolio halt the process? I certainly hope not. Instead, I strive to help them see the evaluation process as feedback to prompt an ongoing process that continues throughout the E-Learning Certificate Program and beyond.

Nigel Coutts, the author of this insightful article, quotes Picasso, " 'Woe to you the day it is said that you are finished! To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul – to give it its final blow..."

This aligns with my feeling about summative evaluation... aka grades. If you want to terminate the process, grade the product.

My students create an e-portfolio as they complete classes in our program. Will 'grading' an e-portfolio halt the process? I certainly hope not. Instead, I strive to help them see the evaluation process as feedback to prompt an ongoing process that continues throughout the E-Learning Certificate Program and beyond.

It is less than a quarter of an hour’s drive down Route 101 from the village-like campus of Stanford University to Mountain View, the Silicon Valley home of Udacity. This was the journey Sebastian Thrun, the online education company’s chief

Sebastian Thrun is always worth the attention he garners. Interesting to watch a him wrestle with the realities of teaching and learning in the 21st century. I'd love to see him go toe to toe with Tony Bates!

Sebastian Thrun is always worth the attention he garners. Interesting to watch a him wrestle with the realities of teaching and learning in the 21st century. I'd love to see him go toe to toe with Tony Bates!

Sebastian Thrun is always worth the attention he garners. Interesting to watch a him wrestle with the realities of teaching and learning in the 21st century. I'd love to see him go toe to toe with Tony Bates!

Sebastian Thrun is always worth the attention he garners. Interesting to watch a him wrestle with the realities of teaching and learning in the 21st century. I'd love to see him go toe to toe with Tony Bates!

James Caan CBE: "Recruitment is my forte and I’ve spent the last decade looking at potential employee LinkedIn profiles. It’s from this thorough research that I’ve come to recognise some of the more common mistakes which are easy to make but even easier to avoid."

Dennis T OConnor's insight:

James Caan offers excellent advice about LinkedIn profile photos, checking out competitors and personalizing connection requests. All of this is common sense, but sometimes the obvious is hard to see when you are using social media. First impressions are often the only impression you'll make with your LinkedIn profile...if you are making one of the blunders described in this article.

By Pawan Deshpande "Recently, Kimberley Isbell of the Nieman Journalism Lab cited a Harvard Law report and published an extensive post on news aggregation and legal considerations. From a curation perspective, the whole article is interesting, but what was the most surprising was that her recommendations for being an ethical content aggregator, were the same as being an effective content curator."

Dennis T OConnor's insight:

The author makes a strong case for his assertion that ethical content aggregation and effective content curation are synonymous. Deshpande's "5 Rules to being an Ethical Content Curator" are a solid start on a list of best practices for curation.

The Fair Use Checklist and variations on it have been widely used for many years to help educators, librarians, lawyers, and many other users of copyrighted works determine whether their activities are within the limits of fair use under U.S. copyright law (Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act). The four factors form the structure of this checklist. Congress and courts have offered some insight into the specific meaning of the factors, and those interpretations are reflected in the details of this form.

Dennis T OConnor's insight:

This page frames the use of a checklist developed by Kenneth Crews and Dwayne Buttler. The checklist is available in PDF form and offers under a Creative Commons Licence.

"Students with disabilities require unique support in the online learning environment. Many higher education instructors assume that all materials available online are accessible to all students (Cook, 2002)...

This brief examines issues faced by students with disabilities in online/blended courses and strategies to address these issues as stated in the literature."

Maggie Rouman's insight:

Very helpful and straightforward technical brief . It provides a good summary of tips from literature. Useful list of strategies and common modifications is provided.

Fair Use exists. It's stronger today thanks to the courage of documentary film makers who codified fair use into a statement of best practices for their art form. This MIT conference digs into the deep issues of fair use in media.

Fair Use exists. It's stronger today thanks to the courage of documentary film makers who codified fair use into a statement of best practices for their art form. This MIT conference digs into the deep issues of fair use in media.

For all the importance we place on text, it’s an indisputable fact that images are processed in the brain faster than words. Hence the rise and rise of the infographic which, at its best, transforms complex information into graphics that are both easy to grasp and visually appealing. No wonder magazine readers and web visitors love them.

Dennis T OConnor's insight:

Infographics are eye-catching. Creating meaningful and accurate infographics requires a refined tool set and knowledge base. This article will help you with the tools!

Implementing the principles of universal design in online learning means anticipating the diversity of students that may enroll in your course and planning accordingly. These ten key elements will greatly enhance the accessibility and usability of your course for students with and without disabilities.

Whether you want to have students turn in homework via an online form or simply take a quiz or test, online quiz tools are critical to having a connected classroom. Most tools are free, all are robust, and they’re quite easy to use. What could be better than that? You can use any of these below tools to get feedback from parents, students, colleagues, and more.

Dennis T OConnor's insight:

A somewhat dated, but still quite viable round up article on Quiz tools for online classrooms, blended classrooms, or even old school rooms with a computer in the corner!

Thinking of adding value should be the first stage in curation, PKM, or any professional online sharing. That value could be just parking things for easy retrieval. It is definitely not filling activity streams with massive amounts of unwanted information. Find ways to separate signal and noise.

Sharing your scoops to your social media accounts is a must to distribute your curated content. Not only will it drive traffic and leads through your content, but it will help show your expertise with your followers.

Integrating your curated content to your website or blog will allow you to increase your website visitors’ engagement, boost SEO and acquire new visitors. By redirecting your social media traffic to your website, Scoop.it will also help you generate more qualified traffic and leads from your curation work.

Distributing your curated content through a newsletter is a great way to nurture and engage your email subscribers will developing your traffic and visibility.
Creating engaging newsletters with your curated content is really easy.